Doll.



nol'sas ss. PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

E. T. HINGKS.

DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.28.1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 1

ELIZABETH 'r. HINCKS, OF items, M'AssAoHUsET'rs.

DOLL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

iPatenbed may 14, 1907.

Application filed February 28,1907. Serial No. 359,731.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH T. HINCKS,

of Andover, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented anImprovement in Dolls, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters onthe drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to dolls or similar playthings for children, andhas for its object out its body and head, either or both, and

when thus heated the child can take the doll to bed with her and feelthe warmtlnof the doll and enjoy it, or the body and head of the doll,either or both, may be filled with coid water or water (hot or cold) andair, or air, or-

it may be filled with cracked ice, or ice water and used as an ice bag.

Figure 1 shows in front elevation and par-' tial vertical section a dollembodying this in-' vention, the flexible waterproof bag containedwithin it being-filled with hot water, thereby filling out thepreviously collapsed body and head. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of thedoll shown in Fig. 1. tical section of the doll show-n 1n Fig. 1, incollapsed condition, previous to filling-the flexible water-proof bagwith hot water or other material. Fig. 4 is a detail showing the openingthrough which the neck of the bag may be projected, for the purposeof'filling or em tying the bag.

The do 1 comprises a body a, head I), arms 0, c, and legs (1, d. Thebody and head are herein shown-as made hollow and in .opencommunication, yet so far as my invention is concerned the body or headonly need be made hollow.

The doll maybe made of a piece or pieces of cloth, or knit goods orother form of textile material, arranged'to form a flexible hollow bodyand head. The arms and legs may be made of the same piece or pieces ofcloth if desired, or they may be otherwise constructed and stuffed withany suitable material. The material composing the doll may be printed,painted, lithographed or other- Fi 3 is a*verwise marked to representthe face, hands, etc.

I do not desire to limit my invention to the articular construction ofthe doll, so lon as it is adapted to'be used to carry out the i easembodying my invention.

The flexible hollow body and head, either or both, contains within it aflexible water.-

proof bag 6, adapted to contain hot or cold water, or air, either orboth, although it may contain cracked ice, or ice water, or othermaterial. This bag is or may be composed of rubber or essentially ofrubber, and is adapted, when filled, to conform to the shape of t e bodyand head, either or both of which contain it.

The flexible water-proof bag has at any desirable point an open neck ororifice e, which is adapted to be closed by a stopper e, andpreferablyhas a funnel at the neck to facilitate fillin the bag with .water. As

herein shown t e bag has a neck which extends through an opening in thebody-of the doll and projects into one leg thereof, and said leg isslitted see Fig. 4 to provide an opening by which access may be had tothe neck for the purpose of filling the bag or for emptying it, or forthe purpose of withdrawing or introducing the bag. This mannerofproviding an inlet to the water-proof bag is simle and convenient, butit is obvious that inlists of other forms may be'employed. My invention,however comprehends the employment of a stopper adapted to provide forfilling the bag partlally or wholly with water,

or air.

The flexible watenproof bag, when empty, collapses, and the body andhead of the doll likewise collapse, as shown in Fig. 3, but when the bagis filled said body and head are filled or expanded and caused to assumethe shape which it is intended they shall assume.

It is obvious that the body may be made in diflerent shapes, the shapehere shown being merely selected for the purpose of illustrating myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. Adoll consisting of a hollow bodyhaving ahead, and arms and le s, a flexible water proof bag contained in saidhollow body havmg an open neck and a stopper for the opening thereof,'substantiall as described.

2. A doll consisting o a hollow body'and a hollow head in opencommunication, and having arms and le s, a flexible water-proof bagcontained in said hollow body and head having an open neck and a stopperfor the opening thereof, substantially as described.

'3. A doll consisting of a hollow body having a head, and arms and legs,a flexible water-proofbag contained in said hollow body having aflexible neck extended through an opening in said body and provided withan orifice and a stopper for saidorifice, substan' tially' as described.

4. A doll consisting of aflexible hollow body having a head, and arms.and legs, and a flexible Water-proof bag contained in said hollow bodyhaving an orifice provided with a stopper, substantially'as' described.

5. A doll consisting of a flexible hollow body having a flexible hollowhead and having arms and legs, and a flexible waterproof bag containedin said hollow body having an open neck provided with a stopper,substan-' .tially as described.

6. A doll consisting of a hollow body having an opening and having ahead, and arms and legs, a flexible waterproof bag contalned in saidhollow body adapted to be withdrawn through said opening, which isprovided.

- withdrawn through said opening and having a neck which extends throughsaid opening which is provided with an orifice and a stopper therefor,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELIZABETH T, HINGKS.

Witnesses: j v

MARY Ht MOORE, B. J. NOYES.

